books.google.com - From nineteenth-century paintings of fires raging through New York City to scenes of Manhattan engulfed by a gigantic wave in the 1998 movie Deep Impact, images of the city’s end have been prolific and diverse. Why have Americans repeatedly imagined New York’s destruction? What do the fantasies of...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_City_s_End.html?id=sYks0rtH0_4C&q=theme&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe City's End